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H. D.'MILLETT. I MACHINE FOR MAKING GOILED SPRINGS. No. 404,213.

Patented May 28, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

I-IUMPHRY D.

MILLETT, OF MAYYVOOD, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR MAKING COILED SPRINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,213, dated May 28,1889.

Application filed October 22, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUMPHRY D. MILLETT, residing at Maywood, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, and a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinesfor Making Coiled Springs, of which the following is aspeciiication,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a plan, the devices for feeding a bar or rod from thetapering devices to the coiling devices not being shown. Fig. 2 is adetail showing a part of the devices for drawing off thecoiled springsfrom the mandrel. Fig. 3 is a sect-ion at line 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is adetail showing part of the devices for drawing off the springs from themandrel. Fig. 4 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 2, looking tothe left. Fig. 5 is aside elevation. Fig. 6 is a detail, being anelevation of the tongs, looking from the left of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is adetail, being an elevation of the carriage and stop, looking from theleft of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a plan of the parts shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 8 isa detail, being a plan of devices for operating the tongs. Fig. 9 isasection at line 9 of Fig. 1, some parts being shown in elevation. Fig.10 is adetail, being a section at line 10 of Fig. 9, looking from theleft. Figs. 11 and 11 are, in fact, a single figure, being a detail ofthe coiling-shaft, shown in section. Fig. 12 is a detail showinga gearfor driving the coiling-shaft and the worm which drives the devices forgoverning the pitch of the springs. Fig. 13 is a section at line 13 ofFig. 9, looking from the left. Fig. 14 is a detail, being an irregularsection taken at about line 14 of Fig. 13, showing part of the slidingplates and devices for operating the same. Fig. 15 is an elevationshowing the arrangement of gear-wheels which may be used to drive thecoiling-shaft in a machine for making right and left hand springs. Fig.15 is an elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 15. Fig. 16 is a detail,being a section at line 16 of Fig. 9. Fig. 17 is a section at line 17 ofFig. 16. Fig. 18 is a detail, being a section taken at line 18 of Fig.9, looking from the left. Fig. 19 is a section at line 19 of Fig. 1,looking from the right. Fig. 20 is a detail of the mechanism forthrowing the driving-shaft shaft 7.

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of the tapering or flattening devices in and out of gear, and is asection at line so of Fig. 19. Fig. 21 is a detail showing the devicefor moving one pair of the rolls for tapering away from the other pair.Fig. 22 is a section at line 22 of Fig. 18, showing the position of theparts before the bar has been tapered. Fig. 23 is a view similar to thatshown in 22, except that the parts are shown in the position they occupyafter the bar has been tapered. Figs. 1, 5, 9, 16, 17, 18, and 19 are011 a scale of about one-half of an inch to the foot. The other figuresare enlarged on different scales.

My invention is primarily designed to be used in manufacturing springsfor cars. It is customary to make such springs from round rods, the endsof which are flattened before the spring is coiled, which flattening hasrequired a separate heat, and the flattening has usually been done withhammers.

The leading object of my invention is to provide a machine by means ofwhich the ends of the rod can be flattened and the rod be coiled into aspring at a single heat, the construction of the machine being such thatwhile the ends of one rod are being flattened another rod, the ends ofwhich have been previously flattened, will be coiled, all of which Iaccomplish as illustrated in the draw: ings, and hereinafter described.Those things which I claim as new will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, 1 represents the main frame/ 2 is a sliding frame,provided with slides 4, located upon the main frame.

5 is a roller. 1

6, Fig. 18, is an adjustable bearing for the 8 is a gear-wheel on thisshaft 7. 11 is a worm-wheel on this shaft, which is driven by a worm,7t, fastened onto the shaft 38 and held in place by bearings for thisshaft 38, between which the worm is is located.

12 is a spur-wheel loose on the shaft 7.

let is a lever pivoted in a disk, 15, which isv keyed on the shaft '7.(See Fig. 21.) The upper end of this lever engages with a notch on theunder side of the wheel 12, and it is held in engagement therewith by aspring, and it is thrown out by contact with a stop located IOO on theframe, which stop is to be adjusted as required for rods ofdifferel'ltlengths, and the stop is to be so located that the movementof the sliding frame 2 will cease when the flattening or tapering of therod is completed. This sliding frame is to be returned at the propertime to its normal position against a step 011 the frame by means of aweight ar ranged to operate at the proper time by de vices governed bythe shaft 02, which devices are not shown in the drawings.

is another roll for tapering, used in con-,

nection with the roll 5. (See Fig. 18.)

21 is a shaft on which the roll 20 is located.

23 is a gear-wheel on the shaft 21, which can engage with the gearwheel8 on the shaft 7.

24 is a movable bearing for the shaft 21, which is supported at thelower end in a pivoted bearin g.

25 is a dog, which slides on the shaft which carries it, being connectedthereto by a feather.

26 is a block behind the dog 25.

27 and 28 are adj llSlJlH -SGHGWS, by means of which the block 26 andthe bearing (3 can be adjusted.

29 is a spring which acts upon the bearing 21L to separate the rolls 20and 5 when the dog 25 is out of the way.

30 is a fixed frame upon the main frame.

31 is a roller supported in the upper end in an ad j list-able bearingsimilar to the hearing (3 and on a shaft, 32. (See Fig. 19.)

is a gear-wheel on the shaft 32. ill is a worm-wheel on the same shaft.

35 is another roller on the shaft 36, on which is a gear-wheel 37, whichcan engage with the gear-wheel The acting parts of the four rolls areeccentrics. (See Figs. 22 and 23.)

38 is the main driving-shaft of this part of the machine, supported insuitable bearings.

39 (see Fig. 20) is a worm keyed to theshaft 38, which worm engages witha wheel, 34.

4.0 (see Fig. 1) is a dog keyed onto the rock shaft 41, the rocking ofwhich shaft moves the dogs 25 and 40.

i2 is a crank on the shaft l1.

-13 is a crank on the rockshaft 44, which shaft is supported in suitablebearings.

is a bar which connects the two cranks 42 and 4-3.

4.0 is an arm on the rock-shaft 4:4, (see Fig. 9,) on the lower end ofwhich arm there is a roller.

+t7 is a double-faced cam which operates the arm -19, the cam acting onthe roller.

48 (see Fig. 1) is a loose pulley on the shaft 39. It has a face-clutch,49, with, which a a sliding clutch, 50, engages.

51 is a spring acting on the clutch 50.

is a forked lever pivoted on a short shaft, 53, supported in a bearing,5i. (See Fig. 19.) 55 and 50 are two otherlevers on the shaft53. Thelevers 52, 55, and 59 are all keyed onto the shaft 53. The fork of thelever 52 engages with a loose collar on the clutch 50. The other end ofthis lever 52 is pivoted to a bar, 57, which is pivoted to a crank, 59,on, a rock-shaft, 59. (See Fig. 1.)

60 (see Fig. 9) is an arm on the shaft 59.

61 is a cam on the shaft 02, which shaft is supported in suitablebearings, and the cam 61. operates the arm (30 and through it the shaft59. This shaft 62 is the governin -shaft and carries the cams whichgovern the principal automatic movements of the machine.

63 is an arm on the shaft 59.

(51 is a spring acting on the arm (33 to return the shaft 59 after ithas been rocked by the arm 60 and cam (31.

65 (see Figs. 1. and 19) is a lever pivoted on the shaft 66, one end ofwhich lever is connected with a collar on the clutch 50. The other endis connected to the lever (57.

Z) is a projection on a disk, 0, keyed onto the shaft 32. (See Fig. 20.)

(58 is a short lever keyed at one end to the shaft 66, and the other endis pivoted to a pin on the collar on the clutch 50.

(39 is a spring which acts on the lever 67. (See Fig. 20.)

is a lever pivoted on a support, one end of which bears against thelever (J7.

71 is a bar connecting one end of the lever with one end of the lever70.

72 (see Figs. 1 and 5) is a rod in the machine, which rod is ready to beoperated upon and have its ends flattened.

73 is a plate to receive one end of -ihe bar when it leaves the rolls 31and 35. 7 4 is another plate beneath the rod 7 2.

75 is an inclined plate over which the rod 72, after it has beenflattened, passes to the coiling part of the machine.

7 (5 and 77 (see Fig. 5) are two bars secured to hangers 78, supportedat their upper ends in any suitable manner. These bars 7 (3 and 77 forma track for the rollers 79. (See Fig. 6.)

S0 is a plate which supports the rollers 79. The lower end of this plateforms one jaw of the pair of tongs of which 8.1. is the movable jaw,which is pivoted to the plate 80.

82 is a plate pivoted to a projection at the upper end of the plate 80.

83 (see Fig. 5) is a slot, into which a projection, 8- (see Fig. 6,) onthe jaw 81. enters.

85 is a rod or bar, one end of which is pivoted to the plate 82, and theother end is pivotally connected with an arm, 86, which keyed to ashaft, (1, (see Figs.5 and 8,) which is supported by hangers.

e is a gear-wheel on one end of the shaft (1.

f is a rod or bar having a rack, g, at one end, which engages with thewheel 6. The other end of this red f is pivoted to a slide which carriesa roller, 7t, which engages a groove in the cam i on the shaft 02.

87 is an arm secured to the plate 80.

SS is a track consisting of a single bar.

89 is a plate which carries three rolls, two of: which, 90 and 9.1, areabove and 92 below the track 88. (See Fig. 5.)

93 is an extension from the plate 89.

94 is an eccentric.

95 is a lever on the eccentric.

96 is a sliding stop on the rod 97 supported by the main frame.

98 is a lever pivoted to a pin, 99, in the sliding stop 96. (See Figs. 5and 7.)

100 is a lock fast on the pin 99, which lock engages with the projectionon the plate 89.

101 (see Figs. 1, 9, and 11) is a hollow coiling-shaft, which carriesthe mandrel 102, on which the spring is coiled.

103 is a rod in the shaft 101.

104 is a spring arranged to throw the rod 103 to the left.

105 is a lever pivoted to a collar on the shaft 101 to draw out the rod103 and hold it out by engaging with a plate or collar on the end ofthis rod. (See Figs. 9 and 11.)

107 is a lever, one end of which engages with the lever 105 and theother end engages with a cam, 106.

108 is a clamp pivoted to the inner end of the rod 103. This clamppasses through the shaft 101, and its free end is arranged to clamp oneend of a rod, 7 2, which rod is to be coiled, and this it does by meansof projections 109,which move in slots in the projections on the shaft101. (See Figs. 9, 10, and 11.

1 10 is a gear-wheel on the shaft 101, which is driven by a gear-wheel,111, 011 the sleeve 112, which is loose on a shaft, 113, which is a maindriving-shaft. The wheel 111 has a face-clutch, 114.

115 is a sleeve on the shaft 113, which carries two clutches, one ateach end, one of which engages with the face-clutch 114 and the otherengages with a face-clutch on the gear-wheel 118 on the shaft 113, whichwheel 118 engages with a gear-wheel, 119, which is keyed to the shaft62.

120 is a driving-pulley on the shaft 113.

121 is a crank on the shaft 113, the throw of which is adjustable.

122 is a disk on the shaft 62.

123 is a lever pivoted on the shaft 62, the

lower end of which lever is weighted.

124 is a pawl on the lever 122. 125 is a bar, one end of which isconnected with a crank-pin of the crank 12], and the other end isconnected with one end of the pawl 124. (See Figs. 5 and 9.)

126 is a sliding plate, (see Figs. 1 and 14,) which slides on guides onthe frame. (See Fig. 10.) This plate carries a hook, 127, under whichthe rod which is to be coiled passes. 128 is another sliding plate atright angles to the plate 127. This plate has a rack, 129, on the underside, (see Fig. 5,) with which rack a gear-wheel, 130, engages, whichwheel is driven by a face-clutch which slides on a feather on the shaft131, which shaft is driven by a worm, 132, on the sleeve 112, which wormengages with a worm-wheel, 133, on the shaft 131.

134 is a bar provided with two slots. It is secured to the plate 128 bybolts which pass through said slots, and one of said bolts passesthrough a slot in the plate 128, (see Figs. 1 and 14,) and this bar canbe adjusted by means of the said bolts and slots. The bar is cut away onthe upper side atone end.

135 is a roller secured to the under side of 134 engages with the rollerand carries the sliding plate 126 to the left.

136 is a pressure-roller supported by a lever, 137, which is on arock-shaft, 138, under which pressure-roller the last end of the rodbeing coiled passes and is bent. This shaft 138 is rocked by a lever,139, and cam 140 on the shaft 62.

Z is a weight on the lever 139.

141 is a bell-crank leverpivoted onto a projcction from the frame, whichlever throws the sliding plate 128 back to a normal position by thecontact of the lever with a projection, 142, on the under side of theplate hen the 128, the lever being operated by a cam, 143, I

levers, which are pivoted to the frame 147.

152 is a bar which connects the short ends of the levers 148 and 150,and 153.is another bar which connects the short ends of the levers 149and 151. (See Figs. 2, 3, and 4.) The long arms of the levers 148 150and 149 151 are provided with pins which project upward.

A bar, 154, is pivoted on the pins on the two levers 148 and 150, andanother bar, 155, is pivoted on the pins on the levers 149 and 151,which bars are not shown in Fig. 2 to prevent confusion. 154 is shown inFig. 4. 155 is shown in Fig. 3 and indetail in Fig. 3.

156 is a metal bar provided with teeth on one side to engage the severalcoils of a spring which has been coiled on the mandrel. One end of thisbar 156 is bolted to the bar 154. A similar bar, 157, is bolted to thebar 155.

The short arm of the lever 144 is pivoted to a slide, 158, which isoperated by a cam, 159, on the shaft 62, which cam engages a roller,160, on the slide 158. (See Figs. 16 and 1.7.) I

161. (see Figs. 9 and 10) is a toothed clutch sliding on a feather onthe shaft 131, which clutch can engage with the gear-wheel 130. Thisclutch 161 is moved by the double-faced cam 162 on the shaft 62,whichcam operates a lever, 1.63,which rocks the shaft 164:, to which theclutch-levers are keyed.

165 is an inclined plate, onto which the springs fall when drawn fromthe mandrel.

In Figs. and 15 I have shown drivinggear to drive a coiling-shaft inopposite directions to coil right and left hand springs.

166 is a gear-wheel 011 a shaft, which wheel and shaft are not shownelsewhere. To accomplish these results, the gear-wheel 110 is to bedisengaged from the wheel 111, and wheel 1G6 arranged to engage withboth the gearwheels 110 and 111. The wheel 1G6 becomes an intermediatewheel between the wheels 11.0 and 111, and by changing the position ofthe wheel 1613 the direction of the movement of the wheel 110 on theshaft 101 can be reversed.

167 (see Fig. 17) is a spring, the action of which returns to theirnormal position the devices used for drawing the springs off from themandrel.

\Vhen the machine is in operation, the main driving-shaft 113 will beconstantly in motion. \Vhen the clutch 117 is engaged with thefaceclutch on the gear-wheel 118, (see Fig. 9,) the wheel 118 beingengaged with the wheel 119 on the shaft 62, the cams thereon will be inoperation, but the rolls for tapering the rods and the coiling deviceswill not be in operation. In Figs. 1 and 5 Ihave shown two rodsone, 7 2,ready to have its ends flattened, while the ends of the other rod, 7 2,have been fiattened and it has been carried to the coiling part of themachine. The parts being as shown in Figs. 1, 5, and 9, the cam (31 willthrow up the arm (10 on the shaft 59, which will rock the crank 58, andthrough the arm 57 the lever 52 will be moved, allowing the spring 51.to force the clutch 50 into engagement with the clutch 10 on the pulley4:8, and the shaft 38 will then be rotated. The machine, then, willperform two operations at the same time. The rod 72 will be flattened atits ends and the rod 72 will be coiled on the mandrel to form a spring.The first op eration will be performed by the rolls for tapering, whichwill be rotated in opposite directions, the worms on the shaft 38 thenengaging the worm-wheels on the shafts 7 and 32 and rotating the tworolls 5 and 31, while the rolls and 35 will at the same time be rotatedby the gear-wheels S and 2:3 and 87 and 33. (See Figs. 18 and 19.) Atthe same time the sliding carriage 2, which carries the rolls 5 and 20,will be moved a little away from the other rolls by the engagement ofthe lever 14: with the notch on the under side of the gear-wheel 12,which gearwheel engages the rack (1,, (see Fig. 18,) and the ends of therod 72 will be flattened by the rotation of the rolls. Vhen the rollshave made a complete revolution, they will be thrown out of gear by theaction of the projection I) on the disk 0, (see Fig. 20,) which thenengages with the end of the lever (37,

which operates the lever and moves the clutch 50 out of gear with thedriving-pulley 48. When the cam 61 is thrown up and the shaft 59 rocked,as stated, the rocking of the shaft 59 causes the clutch 1.16 to engagewith the face-clutch 114: on the gear-wheel 111, and then through thegear-wheel 110 motion will be given to the coiling shaft 101, and thebar 72 then being .nnder the hook 127 and its forward end being clampedto the mandrel 1.02by the clamp 108, it will be coiled around themandrel. At the same time the shaft 131 will be rotated by the worm 132on the sleeve 11.2, and the clutch 161 then being engaged with thegear-wheel 130 will cause it to rotate, and it being in en gagement withthe rack 129 on the sliding plate 128, such plate will be moved inwardand the bar 134 will act on the roller 135 and cause the sliding plate126 to move to the left, carrying the rod along, thus giving the pitchto the spring. The roller 135 is to be so adjusted that it will not beacted upon by the bar 134. until the mandrel has made al most onerevolution. The movement of the plate 126 ceases before the coiling isquite completed, so that the last coil has no pitch, because the bar 131ceases to act on the roller 135. About this time the pressure-roller 136will be brought to bear on the end of the rod 7 2 and bend it, the samehaving passed from under the hook. This movement of the pressure-rollerwill be produced by means of the cam 140 acting 011 the lever 139 androck- IOO shaft 138, forcing the roller toward the mandrel. \Vhile thecoiling has been going on the shaft 62 has been rotated a certaindistance by the crank 121. The cam 61. not only brings the clutch intoengagement with the face-clutch 1.1.4, but holds it in such engagementwhile the spring is being coiled, which it does so long as its enlargedpart engages with the frame 60. I provide for partially rotating theshaft 62 while the clutch 117 is disengaged from the wheel 118 by meansof the pawl 124, the lever 123, the crank 1.21, and the connecting-bar125, the pawl 12% being clamped against the edge of the disk 122, whichis fast on the shaft [32 during a portion of each revolution of theshaft 113, which carries the crank 121. (See Fig. 5). hen the spring hasbeen fully coiled, the cam 61 will be in a position which allows the arm60 to drop, and by the action of the spring 63 the clutch 116 will bereleased from the clutch 11$, and clutch 1.17 will engage with theclutch on the wheel 118. At the same time the clamp 1.08 will be released from the coiled spring on the mandrel by the cam. 1.06,]ever107,and lever 105, allowing the spring 104; to move the rod 103. At the sametime the clutch 161 will be disengaged from the Wheel 1250 by the cam1.62, lever 103,

and shaft 164. (See Fig. 1.0.) Then the lever 141 will be operated bythe cam 143, and the long arm of such lever will be brought intoengagement with a projection, 1.12, on the plate 128, and it will bereturned to its normal position, (see Fig. 13,) and at the same time theslidin g plate 126 will be thrown back by a weight, which is not shown.Immediately after the clamp 108 is released the pressure-roller 136 willalso be released by a counter-balance, Z, on the lower end of the lever139, and the coiled spring will be drawn from the mandrel by the devicesshown in Figs. 1, 2,3, and 3 and 4, which will then be operated by thecam and devices shown in Figs. 16 and 17, which devices will be returnedto their normal position by the action of the spring 167. Then thecoiling-shaft is out of gear, the forked lever 52, the bar 55, the bar71, and the levers 70 and 76 will come into the positions shown in Fig.20, and then the tapering rolls 20 and 35 will be thrown back a littleby the spring 29, the dogs and 40 having been thrown down by the actionof the cam 47 on the shaft 62, the cam rocking the shaft 44, and theshaft 41, which carries the said dogs, being at the same time rockedthrough the cranks 43 and 42 and connecting-bar 45. NVhen the rollers 20and have been so moved back, the tongs will have been brought back overthe rear end of the flattened bar 7 2, the jaws being on opposite sidesand being open, and the plate 82 being partially rotated by the pull ofthe rod or bar 85. The jaws of the tongs will then be closed on the rod72 and the carriage 80 will be moved forward, carrying the rod 72 up theincline 75 to the position of the rod 72, (see Fig. 5,) and then thetongs will be released by the contact of a projection on the plate 82with the lever 95 on the carriage 89, the carriage being then held inplace, being locked by the action of the arm 87 on the lever 98. Thesame contact of the projection on the plate 82 with the lever 95 willclamp the rod 7 2 in the carriage 89 between the jaw 93 and theeccentric 94. At the same time the forward end of the rod 7 2 will beclamped by the clamp 108, which will be operated by the rod 103. Thesliding frame 2 having been returned to its normal position by a weight,as before stated, another rod, 72, is then to be fed to the rollsfortapering, which will then be closed by the dogs 25 and on the shaft41, operated by cams and connections, as before stated. At this time thecam 162 will throw the clutch 161 into engagement with the gear-wheel130, and the governing-shaft having made a complete revolution, theparts will again be in the position shown in Figs. 1, 5, and 9, ready toagain operate the tapering-rolls and the coiling devices.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

1. The combination of two pairs of rollssuch as 5 31 and 20 35forflattening or taperin g the ends of rods or bars, a pair of tongs, acarriage carrying the tongs, a track for the carriage, and a mandrel forcoiling a spring, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination of a coiling-mandrel, a hollow shaft, as 101, asliding rod, as 103, a clamp, as 108, a lever, as 105, and a spring,104, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

The combination of a coiling-mandrel, a hollow shaft, as 101, a slidingrod, as 103, a clamp, as 108, a lever, as 105, a spring, 104, a cam, as106, a lever, as 107, and a collar or plate on theend of the rod 103,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. The combination of the sliding plates, as 126 and 128, a roller, 135,secured to the plate 126,an adjustable bar, 134, a rack, as 129, and agear-wheel, as 130, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. The combination of a coiling-mandrel on a shaft carrying agear-wheel, as 110, a driving-shaft, as 113, a sleeve, as 115, having aclutch at each end, gear-wheels 118 and 119, a shaft, as 62, cams, as 61and 162, lever 163, shaft 164, shaft 59, a clutch-lever thereon, arm 60,gear-wheel 111, having a face-clutch, 114,

sleeve 112, worm 132, gear-wheel 133, shaft 131, clutch 161, gear-wheel130, rack 129, and

sliding plates 126 and 128, substantially as and a for the purposesspecified.

6. The combination of a driving-shaft, 113, a cam-shaft, as 62, disk122, crank 121, lever 123, pawl 124, and connecting-bar 125,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

7. The combination of a coiling-mandrel, a pressure-roller, 136, shaft138, levers 137 and 139, and cam 140, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

8. In a machine forflattening the ends of a rod and at the same timecoiling another rod or bar to make a spring, the combination of a maindrivingshaft, rolls for flattening the end of a rod, ton to carryforward the flattened rod, a coiling-mandrel, and a shaft, 62, carryingcams for automatically controlling the operations of the machine,substantially as specified.

9. The combination of a pair of rolls, as 5 and 31, a second pair ofmovable rolls, as 20 and 35, for flattening the ends of a rod, dogs, as25 and 40, a shaft, 41, a crank, 42, a rod, 45, a crank, 43, ashaft, 44,a lever, 46, and cam 47, substantially as and for the purposesspecifled.

10. The combination of two rollers, as 31 and 35, with shafts, as 32 and36, worm-wheel 34, Worm 39, shaft 38, a clutch, as 50, a pulley, as 48,having a clutch, 49, a spring, as 51, a clutch-lever, 52, bar 57, crank58, shaft 59, levers, as 52 and 55, a bar, as 71, levers 70 and 67,a'spring, 69, and disk 0, having a projection, Z and a lever, 65,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

11. A pair of rolls, as 31 and 35, in a fixed frame, in combination withanother pair of rolls, as 5 and 20, in asliding frame, substantially asand for the purposes specified.

12. A pair of rolls, as 31 and 35, in a fixed frame, in combination withanother pair of IIO rolls, as 5 and 20, in a sliding frame, a rotatingshaft, as 7, a gearvheel, as 12, and a raclga, substantially as and forthe purposes s pecifi ed.

13. A pair of rolls, as 31 and 35, in a fixed frame, in combination withanother pair of rolls, as 5 and 20,1111 aslidingfra1ne,two shafts, as 7and 21, two gearnvheels, as S and 23, worm- Wheel 11, and the Worm 7c,sliding on a shaft, as 38, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

14:. A coiling-mandrel, in combination with two toothed bars, as 156 and157, bolted, respectively, to bars, as 154: and 155, bell-crank levers,as 148 and 149 150 151, connectingbars 152 153,1evers 14:5 and 110,keyed to pins secured to a slide, 147, which carry the levers 14:8 and14:9, a bell-crank lever, as 144, a slide, 158, and cam 159 on a shaft,as 62, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

15. The combination of a sliding plate, as 126, hook 127, a slidingplate, as 128, a roller, 135, secured to the plate 126, an adjustablebar, 1.84:, adjustc bly connected with the plate 128, a rack, as 129, agear-Wheel, as 130, and a coiling-mandrel, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

HUMPIIRY D. MILLE'JT. lVitnesses:

- ALBERT IT. ADAMs, HARRY '11. Jonas.

